One Thing I Never Thought I’d Say
I don't hate homeschooling. (I'll wait a moment while you release a collective gasp and then chuckle a bit. Still waiting... Are you done yet? Okay, enough already, it's not that funny!) I must confess that these past three weeks (Holy cow! It's been three weeks already?!) have been eye-opening to me. I've held a lot of biases and misconceptions about homeschooling families that are being debunked on a daily basis. Here are a few things I've noticed... - Homeschooling is not as stressful as I thought. Abbey's stress level (and as a result the stress level in our entire family) has … Read More...
Ten Things I’ve Learned Since I Fell off the Blogging Train
It has been a relentless season year two years of change, challenge, and growth for our family. You may have suspected as much by my lack of presence here. Rather than writing fourteen posts about all that has happened (assuming your heart's desire is not to hear every detail of my life), I'm taking my friend Sandy's advice and sharing 10 things I've learned. 1. Working moms are amazing! I don't say this because I've been all-so-amazing at it, but because I pretty much flopped. I could not find the balance. My family suffered because of my lack of ability to "show up" for them. So if you … Read More...
Metamorphosis
Change. Alteration. Conversion. Transformation. When I hear the word 'metamorphosis' I think of the caterpillar and butterfly. Somehow, God takes an ugly, worm-like creature and turns it into a thing of beauty. The process is rather mysterious, quite miraculous, and totally precise. Four distinct stages following a near-exact timeline. Utterly perfect. This process isn't unique to the insect realm. We humans also go through metamorphosis. However, it doesn't seem nearly as perfect when played out in our lives. For us it's more of a stop-and-start process. It's messy. It doesn't happen in … Read More...
Truly Live – a resolution of sorts
The first day of a new week, a fresh page on the calendar, the dawning of a new year...these are a few of my favorite things. Why? They all represent a fresh start, a chance to try again. After many years of failed resolutions to lose weight, stop yelling, floss daily, I stopped making them. Instead, each new year, I ask God to show me a theme for that year. I ask Him to give me a word or phrase to focus on, an area to grow in, a direction to move toward. For 2013, I believe He's given me the phrase "truly live." It seems much of 2012 (maybe even much of my life) has been spent … Read More...
Lacking Something
For some time, I've felt a lack in my life. Lack of joy, lack of peace, lack of growth, lack of a sense of the presence of God. I'm lacking something. Everything's just...lacking. In those rare quiet moments where my heart is focussed, I ask God to bring me back - close to Him. Though I've struggled with getting up early for months now, about once or twice per week I find myself in the wee hours of the morning reading the Word. And I beg God to reveal Himself to me through it. When I truly stop to listen, I still hear Him speaking. And yet it's still lacking. I can't seem to get … Read More...
